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Originally Posted by ericmould  I plan on chaining the UBKF before the BAX and planned on using these two during Mastering phase only; any suggestions for settings during the summing phase (or the Mastering phase for that matter)? |
For mastering, odds are pretty good you're either going to want no compression engaged (no lights), or Glue. Like we've been talking about, your options will expand exponentially if you patch a level control or (better still) a cheap eq with level control into the UBK Fatso's sidechain, to shape what the compressor is responding to.
Once you've got the amount of Saturation and any Compression dialed in, play with the Warmth. Hit the threshold control one tap at a time, slowly, and find the setting where you first start to see some activity on the Warmth meter. Then cycle around and park it at the next setting down. Even though you don't see any activity on the meter, it's still having a subtle but pleasing effect on the hf transients.
I don't generally use the Trafo on mixes, it rolls off the lows and adds a harmonic density and color that is amazing on individual instruments and busses, but can be blurry on whole mixes. But, ya never know, so play around with it.
Enjoy!
Gregory Scott - ubk